Been there - got the T-shirt! :-} After several attempts and ending with pretty much the same results as you. My main tree is in Legacy 8.0 Deluxe, (42,339 individuals) I determined that when dealing with Ancestry.com and FTM sync: Legacy export to Gedcom Create new ancestry.com tree with that Gedcom. FTM create a NEW tree by downloading the ancestry.com tree just created. Make chances/addition/deletions, etc. in ancestry.com ONLY. Periodically run sync process. Never change data in FTM. When ready to create reports, run sync process to have newest date in FTM; create charts, reports etc. If you find mistakes, data that needs changes, etc. make the changes in ancestry.com ONLY. This is the only way I have found to keep the duplicates to a minimum. I don't know about the DNA links. Place names cannot be 'cleaned up' in Ancestry.com. If you fix them in FTM then run a sync, you will get duplicate Events with the 'new' Place name. Other users of these 3 programs (Legacy, ancestry.com and FTM) may have a better methods, if so, I too would be most grateful to hear. Hope something I have offered helps. Elizabeth Verchio ancestry.com: crauswell_verchio. UnionMBCCemetery, Shiloh Methodist Church Cemetery - public trees
On 1/1/2015 11:25 AM, Jessica Morgan wrote: > ALL of my work is in Legacy, I've been using it since 2007ish, and > many versions ago. But I want a decent tree on Ancestry.com without > having to keep two trees. > > My methodology was: > Keep tree in Legacy > Export Gedcom for Ancestry > Import Gedcom to FTM > Sync with Ancestry > > The very first time it worked like a charm, because there was no data > in FTM. > The second time however, there were 1050 people in my tree. When I did > the merge, it managed to duplicate 200, as my end count was 1250. It > was a nightmare to manage and fix. > > So my question is this... if any of you transfer to FTM for Sync to > Ancestry, what's your methodology? > > I thought of creating a tag of some sort to determine who HAS been > uploaded, and then only exporting those whom I've added since the last > sync, but I don't know how to add that to both databases without > redoing the entire thing. > > The last time I did this, a few days ago, I did resort to deleting all > but my anchor person from the FTM database and then importing everyone > new again, merging him with himself. That works, but I have about ten > people linked to the file on the DNA side, and I have to redo those > every time. > > Any help and insight is appreciated. > > > *Jessica Morgan* > > *Sr Engineering Technologist, Black Stone Minerals* > > ** > *Chair, SPE GCS Petro-Tech Study Group* > ******************************************************************** > GedMatch kits: A064089 (SMK), A276959 (JRK), A608610 (TJ), A798429 > (Jo), A817318 (JRKM), M399320 (JKM), M918651 (MM), several phasing > kits as well > FTDNA kits: B12555 (SMK), B12524 (JMM), B13031 (JKM), 368036 (CJ) > Ancestry.com: jrkmorgan - all trees private > > Hometown Cotton Valley, Louisiana. Ratcliff/Lockey and Allen/Morgan > decent. Researching Allen, Bandy, Basinger, Bethune, Beshea, > Cruthirds, Kaylor, Lockey, Morgan, McGarity, Ratcliff, Striplin, > Teague, Umphries, Urquhart, Wilkins - Current generations Louisiana, > Arkansas areas; Migratory from Alabama, North Carolina > > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Online technical support: http://support.legacyfamilytree.com > Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) > and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://support.legacyfamilytree.com Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
